Suite Sorrow 2.12

Can you believe I forgot 2.12!? How did I do that? Goren even snaps a Polaroid of him and Eames to remember this case by! 

A woman I'll call Mother May I? opens the show. (The term Cold Opening truly does refer to this woman.) But she's just about out-colded by the man in the yellow tie.

Amy Ryan! Hello! You're adorable in The Office ... you are less adorable here.

Ok, Mother May I?'s name is Nan. Which is actually better than my sassy made-up name for her.

Nan's flower bouquet is the brightest thing we've ever seen on CI. Best not to draw too much attention to yourself in such a way, Nan ... your 'bright light' gets snuffed out minutes later.

Goren knows A LOT about drowning, but Eames, our expert on all things lady, knows a little about Botox. Don't worry, Eames, nobody's drawing conclusions!

Eames admires Nan's pinata bowl of meds.

Cooper, the "House Dick" (his words, not ours!) bursts in on our dynamic duo's crime scene! Goren throws his hands up in the air and immediately looks at Eames. Nan's husband has a 20+ year weekly poker night ... sounds like a purposefully tight alibi to us! Goren is visibly agitiated over what Nan's hubby uses as a letter opener. It belongs in a museum!

Goren and Eames just learned too much about Amy Ryan's sex life. We learn the difference between inferring, implying and speculate.

Goren's pretty low-key about the whole case. Don't get me wrong, the brain is a-firin' on all cylinders. It's so nice to jump back in time and watch Season 2 Goren. Such a young man, with so few life problems. It's nice watching him solve a case without all that heavy baggage! He looks so handsome and carefree! Still adorably Asperger's-y (I don't mean that in an offensive way, we're just getting close to the Wally Steven's episode, so I'm getting excited.)

Goren, don't refer to Rogers as "the ME"! That's so impersonal! 

It's Salvatore from Mad Men!!! We'll actually see him later, post-Mad Men, in Season 10!

Eames crashes a Botox party and cuts in line. Rich ladies admire her skin in a super creepy way. No. Then she does the super rude thing of arresting the Botox injector, Jason! I'm pretty sure Miss Manners would object! 

Goren injects his notebook with Botox and takes over Nan's husband's desk.A three year old check makes GE giggle. Riding the high, Goren makes a funny, but can't get the stuffy banker to laugh. GE huddle in his office, discussing motive, lost in each other, then look back at the banker like, "oh, you're still here?"

Amy Ryan says mean things to GE, and Goren's about to defend them, but Eames is always faster with the quippy comebacks. Goren gets more animated here, picking up and moving Amy's tchotchkes, and we know exactly what that's all about! Classic Goren, unnerving the interrogatee! Goren calls sex, "taking a tumble" and makes Amy super mad! GE don't feel bad though cuz they happily bring her and her fiancee new engagement rings ... handcuffs!

But it's not over yet folks! Carver and juries like straight lines, so welcome back the "House Dick." Goren and Jimmy Deakins laugh at House Dick's lame jokes, but Eames is doing the grilling here and isn't even pretending to be amused.

Goren takes a selfie of him and Eames and pockets it.

I take back everything I said about happy Season 2 Goren. This case gets real weird, real quick. Look, in my own life, I know what it's like to have your judgement, your sense of security, undermined by your own parents. And ends with Goren sending a not-ready Amy to confront her conniving father, who she kills. Eames tries to snap him out of it, but Goren is already having a nervous breakdown.

Clothes Call: Eames' long maroon coat and flower print blouse (which she actually gets to keep on for multiple scenes!) Amy Ryan's brown plaid jacket in what is an entire wardrobe of drab clothes, Goren's colorful shiny tie in Jason's interrogation. The 3 piece suit on the trust fund guy. Eames' surprising leather trench on the courthouse steps.

Quotable:

Goren: Botox works by paralyzing the nerves around the facial muscles, doesn't it?
Eames: Does it look like I'd know?

Eames: Xanax, Ambien, heart pills. A real pinata bowl.

Goren: Not only does he remove hairs, but he splits them.

Banker: The name of the payee?
Goren: Well, we only have the first name. Junker, with a J. [at the banker's look] Just be happy his name isn't Messerschmitt.

Goren: Well, what's one check when you can marry the checkbook?